No matter how anyone spins is this war can only continue as long as our taxes pay for it .

Ukraine own defense budget is cca 6-7billion$ on a good year (that is couple of weeks worth of war ), spent 300+Billion $ in our money only to end up in positions worse than they had in 2022, we pay their salaries, pensions ,and keep the whole thing afloat .Without our money Ukraine collapses in matter of weeks not months .

How does it end? About as well as it always does once music stops.

Iraq and other Oilstans have a easily tradable and very profitable natural resource that can pay for it ,those that don't stagnate for decades (Bosnia ,Lebanon ,Sudan, Afghanistan.......)

Folks that think Ukraine will end with some rebuilding bonanaza where out of the ashes rises some kind of Taiwan or Singapore are sorely mistaken most of economies that finance Ukraine are neck deep in debt and deficits , only reason financing can continue is that elites do not work for the plebs, typicaly once lights turn off , best case you get Clinton Fundation to run rebuilds.
Besides whole Ukraine reconstruction is a scam most of the cost is in modernisation of Ukrainian infrastructure and economy(not fully related to war) , 80% infrastructure destruction is in Russian occupied and soon to be Russian occupied areas. you know the places fighting was/is going on.

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Dead Eye Dick said:

This is Eddie. Don’t know his real name but we gave him the nickname after the dog featured in American Flyer’s. They had a dog they named Eddie who would chase them viciously and was see to help improve their sprinting.

Eddie would run with us when we rode past his home. He would seriously race us and seemed to have fun. As he got older, his speed went away. To keep him from losing his spirit, we woudl race him, but always let him win. He was a good dog. Towards his latter days, he wouldn’t get up to run so we just gave him a hello. We miss Eddie. Always think about him when I ride past his home.

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Yes, the real Eddie helped us with your sprinting, he always seem to get a head start. When he was healthy, sometimes we would win, sometimes he would.

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With the name Eddie he was obviously in the top ten of all dogs.

Frankensig said:

Well I bit the bullet and ordered one of these for my first thermal. I've noticed they've started to change verbiage on ads that implies they have an objective direct mount and a picatinny one, I'm curious if they'll include both.

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Mine only came with the picatinny mount. It has held up very well. Zeroed once and after four subsequent weekend hunting trips of daily off and on has still maintained zero.

Every precision/ELR rifle I have is zeroed at 100yds regardless of caliber.

Yep. I'm blessed to have property I've been hunting as long as I could shoot and it is still difficult/rare to be able to judge at night.

Hey @Dirty D are you man enough for this?

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pangris said:

Was able to do a little side by side action this AM.

I'll ask my NOX to forgive me, as it is 'Murican and super awesome in its image and simplicity, but the laser in the Athlon trumps it. If I could only have one of these, it is the Cronus. More soon...

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Agreed. LRF, especially when you sync up the ballistic solver, is a game changer at night. I know my hunting property like the back of my hand, but judging distance with a thermal is hard, more so when you throw in a moving animal like a coyote.

Redlion said:

They still do. It would make an invasion by China almost impossible.

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They won't protect from devastation by ICBMs or submarines.

HKSniper11B said:

I did a thing. It only kind of sucks. But, for those who want to "see shooting" well, here you go, as I decided to spend the day recording my true'ing my Federal T308T 168gr .308. Like, comment, subscribe, complain, give me shit, whatever...
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I found this video very difficult to watch...

Mostly because I'm at the clinic and have to keep my pants up...

Good job in all honesty though!

ma smith said:

Has it been four two weeks yet?

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You’re still talking about Vudoo? Get with the times. This is tractor story central now. lol

Was able to do a little side by side action this AM.

I'll ask my NOX to forgive me, as it is 'Murican and super awesome in its image and simplicity, but the laser in the Athlon trumps it. If I could only have one of these, it is the Cronus. More soon...

Varminterror said:

PRS and ELR matches ALL have zero boards set up at 100yrds. EVERYONE uses a 100yrd zero - many ELR shooters will have an elevation offset in their zero, but the zero is still considered to be 100yrds + the offset. Any opposing advice is not from someone who is actually competing.

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Listen to these guys. Keep it zeroed at 100. When I shoot anything other than local benchrest matches I ensure they are zeroed at 100 and if any questions I bore sight it.

Mr.BR said:

Lindsay spent 20mio on his trips to ukraine , there must be some male strippers and blow involved

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If 1 million dollars spent so Congress can travel to Ukraine upsets you, how does 5 million spent so the president can go to the Daytona 500 make you feel? Money well spent?

Do you just have 1 piece?